My last post saying i was back on track must have tempted the Fates. Yesterday I learnt that all the artists in my studios are to be evicted. Four weeks to get out and find somewhere else to put all […]
It really is a long time since I added a post. In a way I feel that I should put this blog to bed for a while. The transition back to making work with the dolls is nearly complete and, […]
OPEN STUDIOS At the end of the week two we were invited to open our studios to the public at the end of week three. This was not compulsory but an invitation. This is not something that I knew before […]
The London Rd Collective has finally opened up the former Art School as The London Rd Studios, Northwich, Cheshire and is now open for business. Exhibition galleries, artists studios, opportunities for educational classes, skills sharing. Lovely atmosphere, large light filled […]
Recent decisions on business rates relief due to central government cuts are threatening the future of two studio and gallery spaces in Liverpool.
Introduction to the Induction I feel like a student again going to university for the first time. The Fine Art Department at The University of Salford is a neat and compact building made up of studios, workshops and project spaces. […]
More on Noble & Webster Vic Allen at Dean Clough sent me the following from Doug Binder’s book Full Circle: Dean Clough Ltd. decided to simply let the studios rent-free. While the spaces were not of an especially high calibre, […]
Less than a week now, and I’m in the midst of pre-going away tidying, organising, finishing off and preparing. The house is tidy for the first time in months and a small pile of things I need to pack is […]
Residency Plan Access to the AA2A scheme at Salford will give me the time, space and funds to make new work. In my arts education I have studied Fine Art, however I want to attend the university of Salford as […]
Sold out artists’ events in Edinburgh and Glasgow in response to continued debate around Creative Scotland decisions.
Back to my tutorial with Freddie Robins at ZAP, which I found very productive, albeit in unexpected ways. I’m so glad that I’ve got an audio-recording to review, thanks to Rosalind Davis (whose name I’ve never mentioned before … bazinga!). […]
Books as Rubbish With the proliferation of digital information via the internet, ebooks and kindles, traditional books are arguably becoming or have become (to some degree) obsolete. There is strong support and advocacy to uphold a place for the traditional […]
B I T S T U D I O S South Wales art collective B I T are opening artist studios in East Cardiff very soon, all money has changed hands and we are halfway through a wood sponsorship for […]
Following a series of events this weekend, New Work Network (NWN) is to close. Director Orlagh Woods discusses NWN’s achievements over its fifteen year history, its closure and the future for artists working within ‘pioneering practices’.
In June, I spent the month in the studios in Cyprus at Larnaca and Paphos. Whilst there, I worked mainly on small scale using oils and pastels. Since returning home and developing some of the smaller sketches, I have realised […]
…. and so, one door is almost closing and we begin to approach another, waiting to turn the handle. The closing event of Inhospitable at the Bridewell actually began at various times, as people started to wander in as soon […]
Days 13, 14 and 15 Visits to Rathenau Hallen, Kinderhook and Caracas, and l’Atelier Kunst (spiel)arum and week review. Day 13 was filled with a visit to the studios of four artists based at Rathenau Hallen, Chrs Bierl, Bram Braams, […]
I’ve arranged to spend a day at The White Tree Studios in Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton next month. Belinda Longsden has very kindly said I can use some of their space. I have about 3 or 4 music/sound ideas muddled up […]
It is a Wednesday. Next Tuesday I will be pitching the project to a panel of judges to gain the award of a grant which will pay for the majority of Unrecorded Project’s development. I have run out of money. […]
Home Ground I’m not very good at this am I? My last post was in the spring when I had just embarked on the process of implementing what I had called my ‘Grand Plan’. This was so named half tongue […]
Days 10 & 11 Studio visits at Künstlerhaus Bethanien A few days prior to this visit, we each selected which artists we would like to visit from the 18 currently undertaking a studio residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a […]
Arrival in Liverpool, Monday 1 October, 1.45pm A pack of schoolboys zigzagging up and down the steps of St George’s Hall blazers flapping in the wind all jonpaulgeorgeandringo, taking photos A beach flip-flop on the pavement Japanese students standing in […]
